Reading Notes W6: Rights of Man and of Citizen, Part B

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (21-23)

  • in 1789, the Declaration of Rights was formed and shortly after it was formed, "it was soon translated into every major European language and so conveyed the universalizing ideals of the French Revolution well beyond France" (21)
  • there are 17 rights listed the National Assembly recognizes and declares
  • the following rights are of man and citizen:
  • first right- men are born and remain free and equal in rights
  • second right- liberty, property, security, and resistance to opression
  • third right- no individual can exercise authority that does not proceed from it in plain terms
  • fourth right- there are limits for the natural rights of each man so the power cannot injure others
  • fifth right- the law can forbid injurious actions to society
  • sixth right- general will, all citizens being equal in its eyes
  • seventh right- no man can be accused, arrested, or detained, unless proven guilty
  • eighth right- the law can establish only penalties that are strictly and necessary
  • ninth right- every man is innocent until proven guilty
  • tenth right- opinions and even religions on account of a man should not disturb the public
  • eleventh right- every citizen can freely speak, write, and print
  • twelfth right- public force is guaranteed of the rights of man and citizen
  • thirteenth right- general tax must be equally apportioned among all the citizens
  • fourteenth right- all citizens have the right to ascertain, either by themselves or by a rrepresentative
  • fifteenth right- society has the right to call for an account from every public agent
  • sixteenth right- any society that has no secured rights has no constitution
  • seventeenth right- property is sacred unless a legally necessity demands it
pages 22-23

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